Best Albums of the 70's

[Dan from Michigan]

We had the 90's and 80's. Time for the 70's. In no order

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers, Some Girls
Beatles - Let it Be(69 or 70)
Grand Funk - Closer to Home, We're An American Band
AC/DC - High Voltage, Let There be Rock, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Highway to Hell,
Allman Brothers - Allman Brothers Band
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird : The Movie(anything actually)
Aerosmith - Get your Wings, Toys in the Attic
Bad Company - Burnin Sky, Bad Company
Deep Purple - MAchine Head
Montrose - Montrose
Van Halen - Van Halen, Van Halen II(79 or 80)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Boston - Boston, Don't Look Back
Led Zepplin - Physical Graffiti, IV(or anything)
KISS - Alive
Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent, Free for All, Cat Scratch Fever, DOUBLE LIVE GONZO!!!!
Ted Nugent's Amboy Dukes - Tooth Fang and Claw(Don't have it, but the original version of Great White Buffalo is on it)
Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon, The Wall
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies Doors - LA Woman
The Who - Who's Next, Who are You, Quadrophenia
Humble Pie - Smokin'

[Drew68]

Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti
Pink Floyd Animals
Kiss Destroyer
Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street* *possibly the greatest rock album ever recorded
Derek and the Dominoes Layla and other assoted Love Songs
Jackson Browne Running on empty
Fleetwood Mac Rumors

Man, there's so many to list. I could be up all night.

[RightOnline]

Go back and check out "Hocus Pocus" from the same album. Focus' lead guitarist........whose Dutch name escapes me this second, and I'm too damned lazy to walk across the room and read it off the album cover :)..........was smokin'!!!!!! Man was WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY ahead of his time. IMHO, that's the first true "shred" guitar piece put onto vinyl.

[NonMerci]

Catch a fire (1971)...

If anyone has the zippo lighter version and wants to sell it please freepmail me...

[RightOnline]

How about some Yes? "Fragile" and "Close to the Edge" are undeniably classics. Some of the earlier Queen stuff still holds up beautifully..........and those boys could rock ("Tie Your Mother Down", etc.). [NOTE: I'm avoiding repeating the wonderful picks you've already made.]

How about a dose of Kansas? "Masque" is their hidden jewel, if you've never heard it. FABULOUS album. "Carry on My Wayward Son", of course, was their biggest hit (great song). "Black Sabbath IV", arguably their best work. Killer stuff.

Anything with Gary Moore on it.........but his best work was to come later, IMHO.

The Stones: "Exile on Main Street". They haven't come even close since.

More later..........

[bobzeetwin]

Blood on the tracks-Dylan Average White Band-AVB

[outabounds]

Anything by Little Feat (esp. Waiting for Columbus). Enuff said.

[riley1992]

Van Morrison-Moondance
Eagles-Hotel California
Steve Miller Band-Greatest Hits '74-'78

[redrock]

Little Feat...STILL the BEST!!!!!!

redrock--Constitutional Terrorist

[lly]

John Fahey- Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice)

[Psalm 73]

Oh, Dan - at the tail end of the 70's came Patti Smith with "Horses".
How could you forget the Queen of Punk?!!!
("Do ya' know how to pony, like boney maroni...)

[zqb]

Grateful Dead --- American Beauty

[brewcrew]

Without a doubt, it would have to be:

Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Ramones - Ramones
Lark's Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson
Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
Mothership Connection - Parliment
John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
Machine Head - Deep Purple
The Dragon is Dancing - Jimmie Spheeris
Superfly soundtrack - Curtis Mayfield
Court & Spark - Joni Mitchell
Rocket to Russia - Ramones


Eclectic enuff for ya???

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Ooops! Left off Sunflower by the Beach Boys - one of my all-time faves!

[PogySailor]

A couple of my favorites:

 

Kiss - Rock and Roll Over

Rush - Hemispheres

[HarryDunne]

Beatles - Abbey Road
Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell (already mentioned; repetition for emphasis)
Pink Floyd - The Wall (already mentioned; repetition for emphasis)
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Styx - Paradise Theater
Supertramp - Breakfast in America

[FreedomPoster]

Love and have major parts of the whole list. Beginnings of punk/new wave started in the late '70's, and some of that is worthy.

B-52's - B-52's (debut album with Rock Lobster, Planet Claire, Dance This Mess Around)

The Clash - The Clash, London Calling (Both are just killer albums. Love the cover of "I Fought the Law" on The Clash)

Someone has already mentioned the Talking Heads. The story of the origin of their name is pretty cool/funny. It doesn't refer to newsreaders.

Elvis Costello had some great singles, but I'd hesitate to call any albums great. How can you not like a guy who can write a line like
"But the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools
trying to anesthetize the way that you can feel!"
and make it work!

The Ramones - Rocket to Russia (Rockaway Beach, Cretin Hop, We're a Happy Family, Sheena Is A Punk Rocker, We're A Happy Family, Teenage Lobotomy)

Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (Just for the outrageousness, decadence, and humor value. Still regret I didn't go see them in '77 or '78 when they were here.)

Back to more classic stuff:

Zappa's "Shut Up and Play Your Guitar"; also "Overnight Sensation" (I'm the Slime; Dinah-Moe-Hum; Montana)